Harvard Police Chief Dan Kazy-Garey said Held was fired in August as a result of the criminal case against him.

Held had been with the department for about 11 years as a patrol officer.

Kazy-Garey declined to comment further on the case, but said he personally conducted the internal investigation.

“We handled the investigation because an agency has to maintain its integrity and to have public trust,” Kazy-Garey said. An impartial mindset is important, he said.

Every police department has internal investigations, Kazy-Garey said. But in 30 years with the Harvard Police Department, the investigation of Held is the first to end in an indictment of his own officer, he said.

“Nor do I ever look forward to that situation ever again,” he said.

Held’s next scheduled court date is Friday, when he is scheduled for arraignment.